Cameron Diaz

Perhaps no actress had a faster ride to the top than Cameron Diaz, who was launched into stardom with "The Mask" (1994), her first-ever onscreen performance. Though originally slated for a minor role,...
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"I don't know if anyone is really naturally monogamous. We all have the same instincts as animals. But we live in a society where it's been ingrained in us to do these things." Actress Cameron Diaz has doubts about maintaining a relationship with just one significant other.

Pregnant actress Drew Barrymore was joined by pals including Cameron Diaz, Gwyneth Paltrow and Reese Witherspoon on Saturday (12Apr14) to celebrate the impending birth of her second child.
The Charlie's Angels star threw a baby shower at her Hollywood Hills home and was joined by around 50 guests. A source tells People.com, "Drew had a blast. (She) is so ready for this baby!" Barrymore and her husband, art consultant Will Kopelman, are expecting a sister for their 18-month-old daughter Olive. The couple wed in 2012.

Cameron Diaz has helped to overturn a restrictive R rating for her new movie The Other Woman after personally appealing to bosses at the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). The actress, who stars in the sexy comedy with Leslie Mann and Kate Upton, headed to a hearing in Los Angeles on Tuesday (08Apr14) to argue her case for the film to be re-categorised so it can be shown to a wider audience after previously complaining to reporters about the alleged double standards faced by women in Hollywood.
Ranting about the R rating, which was slapped on the movie due to some sexual references, she said, "It's really unfortunate that (members of the ratings board) see things that women do a little bit more strict - they judge us a little bit more than they do men. A lot of the things that they're judging - like we say, 'You need to close your vagina.' Like, you can't say 'vagina'... What's wrong with a vagina? Guys make reference to their parts all the times nowadays without getting the R rating."
However, Diaz has finally gotten her way after managing to convince officials at the MPAA's Classification and Rating Appeals Board to lower the R certification to a more teen-friendly PG-13.
The new rating means the film will now be open to all ages, although parental guidance is suggested for children under 13.
The Other Woman is due to open in the U.S. on 25 April (14).

Nicki Minaj struggled to remember the names of her co-stars while filming new comedy The Other Woman. The rapper appears opposite actresses including Cameron Diaz and Kate Upton in the movie, and fellow castmate Leslie Mann admits Minaj had no idea who she was.
She tells Britain's Daily Star newspaper, "She always referred to me as the lady and not by my name... She's like, 'Lady, that lady.' I was like, 'Oh, God! She called me lady.'"

In this era of technological advancement, there is one overarching feature... a feature presumably designed to make our lives easier, but one that absolutely nobody understands: the cloud. That mystical invention that holds all of our important files and documents somewhere deep in the bowels of the Internet, and allows us to move that information from device to device as we see fit. We are all indebted to the cloud. And yet, nobody can explain how the cloud works. It's the great mystery of our time, and so it would take some of the bravest people in cinema to attempt to explain that mystery on film. It just so happens that those brave pioneers are Jason Segel and Cameron Diaz, and that film is Sex Tape.
The pair play Annie and Jay, a married couple who, wanting to spice up their love life, film themselves having sex. Unfortunately, instead of deleting the video, like they had originally planned, it accidentally gets uploaded to the cloud, making their private lives very public. In an attempt to salvage their reputation and prevent their friends, family, and bosses from discovering what they get up to in their home, the couple must find a way to reclaim the video and unravel the mysteries of the cloud and its evil actions.
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Based on the red band trailer, which features both Diaz and Segel in a number of compromising positions, Sex Tape seems as if it might be even raunchier and more outrageous than their previous collaboration, Bad Teacher — or, at the very least, it should have a lot more nudity. If the two films seem to have a similar tone, that's likely because Sex Tape is also directed by Jake Kasdan, who seems to have upped the ante for his latest project. But if audiences are put off by the idea of the leads going "the full Lincoln" (which isn't quite what it sounds like), they should be won over by the chemistry between Diaz and Segel, whose relationship was the most entertaining part of Bad Teacher.
Plus, they're making a movie about the cloud, the shared enemy of Internet users everywhere. If you've ever uploaded the wrong file, sent the wrong text message, or accidentally showcased something private in a very public situation, you should find something to laugh at in Sex Tape, even if you have to watch it through a haze of embarrassment. Hopefully, one day, we will all understand the way the cloud works, and then we can all avoid sending inappropriate things to the wrong people.
Remember to keep your files from synching automatically, and catch Sex Tape in theaters on July 25.
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"I think it's actually a very elevated and conscious and realised statement... People go separate ways in other aspects of their life and I think it’s really brave of them to phrase it that way. Leaving as a couple and deciding to stay together as parents and as friends... I think it's beautiful... I'm so proud of them." Cameron Diaz has nothing but love for pal Gwyneth Paltrow and her husband Chris Martin following their recent "conscious uncoupling".

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As always, the summer movie season is loaded with sequels. New editions of Transformers, The Expendables, Planet of the Apes and X-Men litter the release schedule. Even kid's movies (Rio 2) and horror (The Purge: Anarchy) are in on the act. It can start to feel like everything is part of a franchise or based on something that we've already seen… even something like Maleficent is based on the wicked queen from Sleeping Beauty.
While it might seem like there's nothing new on the horizon, that's not quite the case. Just as there is every summer there are films that aren't follow-ups or retreads. These summer time releases are the ones that we're most looking forward to.
The Fault in Our Stars (June 6)
Based on the best-selling novel by John Green, Fault stars Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort as a pair of teenagers who meet at a cancer support group. She's terminally ill and he's lost a leg, but they bond over their shared passions and fall in love. The book has a devoted fan base that went nuts at the release of the first trailer. It's hard not to get swept up in their excitement over the love story.
Tammy (July 2)
We know that Melissa McCarthy hasn't quite equaled her breakthrough role in Bridesmaids, but this time the actress co-wrote the script with husband Ben Falcone, and he's directing. If it doesn't work this time, it's entirely on the star. McCarthy plays a woman who just lost her job and found her husband cheating, and decides to go on a road trip with her grandmother (Susan Sarandon). So, like Thelma &amp; Louise… only funnier.
A Million Ways to Die in the West (May 30)
Seth MacFarlane's Western comedy marks the Family Guy creator's first foray before the camera as a leading man. As he proved with Ted, MacFarlane's humor is tailored made for the R-rated big screen. He plays a scaredy-cat farmer who takes up with Charlize Theron's mysterious woman… who happens to be hiding from her gunfighter husband (Liam Neeson). As for the title, as the trailers have shown, MacFarlane had a lot of fun coming up with interesting ways to kill people in the Old West.
Jupiter Ascending (July 18)
The latest from the Wachowski siblings stars Mila Kunis as Jupiter, a young woman that was predicted to be great when she was born but is now a custodian. That is, until Channing Tatum shows up as an alien solider that's after her. We don’t pretend to know what any of that means, but we didn't understand The Matrix before that came out either.
Sex Tape (July 25)
Jason Segel and Cameron Diaz play a married couple that makes a video of their sexcapades that goes missing and they have to try to find it. All we really needed to know to be sold is that it features Diaz wearing roller skates in bed, and has Jack Black and Rob Corddry in supporting roles. Plus, there's a good chance that Segel will be naked, and that's worked out okay for him before.
Can a Song Save Your Life? (July 4)
Keira Knightley is a down-on-her-luck singer whose ex-boyfriend just got a big recording contract and who may have just been discovered by an even worse off record producer (Mark Ruffalo) in New York. Expect a lot of people singing in bars, but with Sexiest Man Alive Adam Levine among the supporting players it will at least be a really good looking music scene.
Guardians of the Galaxy (August 1)
Based on the Marvel comic books, it keeps within the same universe that The Avengers inhabit (two characters seen during the tags of earlier Marvel movies — Benicio Del Toro's The Collector and cosmic bad guy Thanos — make appearances), but it's got a much more loose-limbed feel to it with Chris Pratt playing the leader of the Guardians and Zoe Saldana as a green-skinned alien assassin.
Blended (May 23)
Amazingly, it's been 10 years since the last time that Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore were in a movie together. The duo play a pair of single parents who can't stand each other but — as luck would have it — end up sharing a suite at an African resort with all of the kids in tow. Sandler's never been a stickler for plots that make sense, but Barrymore has a tendency to bring out the best in the comedian.
See? Plenty of non-sequels to be excited about!
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"Everybody's been cheated on, everyone will be cheated on... We are human beings, we are complicated - you cannot go through life without tallying up a few scars, you cannot go through life unscathed, it's just what it is. It's all meant to happen, take your lessons, figure it out, move on." Cameron Diaz shares her perspective on relationships.

Game Of Thrones star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau had a little explaining to do when his wife of 15 years started receiving notes about her husband's rumoured affair with Cameron Diaz. The two stars play lovers in new film The Other Woman and when Diaz started cooing about her co-star in interviews last year (13), fans back home in the actor's native Denmark started assuming he was cheating on his wife Nukaaka, a former Miss Greenland, and they wanted to let her know.
Coster-Waldau tells Details magazine, "(They wrote notes that read): 'You should know that your husband is cheating on you with Cameron Diaz. Cameron Diaz is not to be trusted'. My wife just laughed, but still..."
Diaz's public remarks about the Dane didn't help matters. She said of Coster-Waldau, "Men aspire to be like him. Women aspire to, well, find a man like him."

"I'm not going to judge other people and I'm never going to say never about anything in my life because it's just not something I know. How do I know what I'm going to feel like 20 years from now? For all of us, it's different... (But) right now, do I want to do a facelift...? No." Cameron Diaz is refusing to rule a trip to the cosmetic surgeon in the future, but insists she has no need for a nip and tuck just yet.

Co-starred with Toni Collette in the film "In Her Shoes"; based on the book of the same name by Jennifer Weiner

Voiced the character of Princess Fiona in the hit animated film "Shrek"

Played the mother of a cancer stricken child in "My Sister's Keeper," a Nick Cassavetes-directed adaptation of the Jodi Picoult novel

Co-starred with James Marsden in "The Box"

Appeared in the ensemble of "The Last Supper"

Featured in the ensemble comedy-drama "Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her"

Raised in Southern California

Co-starred as the dumpy wife of a puppeteer in the Spike Jonze directed "Being John Malkovich"

Joined Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu to star in the big screen version of "Charlie's Angels"

Summary

Perhaps no actress had a faster ride to the top than Cameron Diaz, who was launched into stardom with "The Mask" (1994), her first-ever onscreen performance. Though originally slated for a minor role, Diaz won over the movie's producers with her unique charm and looks, and took on the lead actress role with verve. Though she followed up her success with a string of mediocre independent features like "Feeling Minnesota" (1996) and "A Life Less Ordinary" (1997), Diaz firmly established her bona fides with an exuberant co-starring role in "My Best Friend's Wedding" (1997) that managed to pull the rug out from under the feet of star Julia Roberts. But it was "There's Something About Mary" (1998), the Farrelly Brothers' wildly successful gross out comedy, that cemented her status atop the A-list. Despite success in mainstream features, she did broaden her horizons with challenging performances in "Being John Malkovich" (1999) and "Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her" (2000), two critically-lauded indies that allowed Diaz to display her strong acting chops. Easily fluctuating between the worlds of small-budge indies and major Hollywood blockbusters like "Charlie's Angels" (2001) and "Shrek 2" (2004), Diaz demonstrated that she was so much more than a pretty face.

Name

Role

Comments

Carlos de la Torre

Companion

Met while modeling in Japan; Together from 1990-95

Emilio Diaz

Father

Second-generation Cuban/American; Appeared as a prisoner in "There's Something About Mary" (1998); Died April 15, 2008 of pneumonia, at age 58

Met at the 2003 Kids' Choice Awards; Began dating in June 2003; Ended relationship in December 2006; Both worked in the film "Shrek the Third" (2007)

Education

Name

Long Beach Polytechnic High School

Los Cerritos Elementary School

Notes

"I was the tough kid with the jeans, the concert shirt with the flannel over it, the comb in the back pocket, the feathered hair. It was frightening." – Diaz to Rolling Stone magazine, August 1996

"I'm very comfortable with the level of recognition that I've got. I don't feel like I've been blown out of proportion and I don't feel like I've been ignored." – Diaz to Movieline, March 1997

"I like the feel of those [independent] films. The people were people I was interested in working with. The characters were characters that grabbed my attention. And I'm comfortable within their budgets." – Diaz quoted in the Daily News, June 17, 1997

"Modeling is acting – it's just that you tell a story in one image." – Diaz quoted in the Daily News, June 17, 1997

Diaz on her status as one of "The most powerful women in Hollywood": "So, okay, what is my definition of 'I am one of the most powerful women in Hollywood?' It is because my movies make money. Well, that is wonderful, and I am very fortunate to be in the position to give something to people that they want enough of over and over to see a movie. That, to me, is a huge accomplishment and yes, that's my reward – that people enjoy what I do. But for the studios, the reward is the hundreds of millions of dollars that they get out of it, so then that becomes the power. The money that I make for other people is what makes me powerful." – quoted in Premiere magazine, October 2001

"Artists want to take chances – to be prepared to fail. You can't call yourself an artist and not be willing to fall flat on your face." – Diaz quoted in Empire magazine, December 2009